We are 35 people from 28 countries and territories, living in 5 continents.
Between us, we have travelled the whole circumference of the globe and we speak some 30 different languages.
We live in every corner of the Commonwealth. We are from Tobago, Tanzania and Tonga, from Malta, Malawi and Malaysia, and beyond. Some of us are from huge countries like Canada or Australia. Others come from tiny islands like St Kitts or Cyprus.
When we travel to sunny Kigali in September, a few of us will leave behind cities flooded by monsoon rains, some snowy mountains and others rural villages with tropical climes.
Yet because many of us have lived, studied and worked in several places during our lives or have family in distant corners of the world, it can sometimes be hard to pinpoint exactly where we are from. Really, we are global citizens, and we share an interest in diversity.
We are Muslim and Christian and Buddhist. Several of us don't practice any religion at all.
Some of us are students, others teachers. We are artists and scientists, lawyers and activists, and more.
Despite these differences there are key similarities. Notably, we are all young. When we meet, we will all be between the ages of 18 and 26.
More importantly, we share an interest in sharing ideas. In particular, we are keen to share ideas about conflict and peace.
Some of us have grown up in full-scale conflict zones and are now all too familiar with the echoing of bomb blasts across our neighbourhoods. There are those who have lost family and friends – young, like us – through war. Others come from places where conflict is frozen or more pervasive and less immediately recognisable. Perhaps it is racist taunts, terrorist threats, domestic violence or gang disputes which make people afraid. Unfortunately there is conflict, at some level, in all the places we live.
Whether through research in libraries or first-hand experience, all of us know something important about the Nkabom theme and have important things to say about it.
More encouragingly, we all believe that young people can be agents for peace. As one of this year's delegates said, 'The emerging generation are the ones to carry diplomacy forward'.
The Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Programme will provide a unique opportunity for these 35 amazing deleagtes to share ideas on all these issues. Find out more about the group by reading delegate profiles here.